Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born 13 August 1899 to 29 April 1980 and was an English film director and producer. He framed his shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film endings. Alfred Hitchcock is known as the greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. His stories often feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of his films include twist endings and thrilling plots that feature violence, murder and crime. Many of the mysterious are used as decoys or McGuffins that the themes for his films and the psychological examinations of the characters. Overall, Hitchcock directed more than 50 films during his career and was often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker. Some of the most successful movies he had created were Psycho 1960, Vertigo 1958, North by North West 1959 and Notorious 1946.